Ice-creeper



No. 6|8,774. Patented Ian. 3|, I899.

C. G. BLANDFORD.

ICE GBEEPER.

(Application filed Mar. 7, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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NITFED STATES CHARLES GIBB BLANDFORD, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

lCE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,774, dated January31, 1899.

Application filed March 7,1898. Serial No. 672,942. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES GIBB BLAND- FORD, of Sing Sing, in thecounty of Westchester and State of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Ice-Creepers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices designed to be attached to shoes toprevent slipping; and the object is to provide a device of thischaracter that may be easily attached to or detached from a shoe.

I will describe my invention, and then point out the novel features inthe appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,- forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure l is a side view of a shoe, showing my invention as appliedthereto; and Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a wire crossed near the toeportion of a shoe and also crossed near the shank portion of the shoe.The forward portion of the wire is bent upward, forming a loop, as at 2,to engage over the toe of the shoe, and the free ends are provided withhooks 3 to engage over the sole of the shoe at the shank. A spiked isconnected to the wire at its crossed portion near the toe and spikes 5 6are connected to the bowed portions of the wire. Each spike has acruciform base '7, the members of the base being tubular, so that thewire may pass through the same. A sinuate wire 8 is extended through thebase of the spikes 5 and 6, and the ends of this wire are made in hookform, as at 9, to engage over the edge of the sole. The sinuate portionof the wire 8 forms a spring to keep the hooks 9 in engagement with thesolo.

The manner of attaching the invention to a shoe is clearly shown in thedrawings.

While I have shown three spikes in the drawings, it is obvious that agreater or less number may be employed. A

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent--- 7 1. A wire having hook ends to engage with thesole of a shoe, and also having a loop to engage over the toe of a shoeand spikes on said wire, substantially as specified.

2. A wire having hook ends to engage the sole of a shoe, and also havinga loop to engage over the toe of a shoe, a sinuate wire extended betweenoutwardly-bowed portions of the first-named wire and having hook ends,and spikes secured to the wires, substantially as specified.

3. A shoe-spike holder, consisting of wire having hook ends to engagethe shank of a shoe and also having means for engaging at the toeportion of a shoe, a sinuate wire connected to outwardly-bowed portionsof the first-named wire and having hook ends, and spikes secured to thewires, substantially as specified.

CHARLES GIBB BLANDFORD.

Witnesses:

PEIRRE REYNOLDS, EDWIN J. BRINNER.

